Centre of South Asian Studies Lecture Series, SOAS November 2008 -- Gujarat Studies Association

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Subject: Centre of South Asian Studies Lecture Series, SOAS November 2008

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Date Posted: Mon, October 06 2008, 9:30:00-4

Centre of South Asian Studies Lecture Series, SOAS

Love's Subtle Magic: An Indian Islamic Literary Tradition, 1379--1545
by Professor Aditya Behl (University of Pennsylvania)

This lecture series will elucidate the workings of a powerful tradition of north Indian poetry: the Hindavi Sufi romance or prema-kahani (literally "love-story"), composed by Muslim mystic poets from the late fourteenth century onwards.

Written and performed by members of the Persian-speaking Indo-Muslim courtly �lite in Delhi and the eastern provinces of Avadh and Bihar, the Hindavi romances mark the inauguration of a new Islamic literary and devotional culture in a local language. The classic Sufi enigma, how to understand the relation between human and divine love, was a powerful one for the Chishti Sufis who created this literary tradition. Sufi poetry and music presented and resolved this enigma through lyric, narrative, and symbolic forms in performance. These forms often contained esoteric codes or elaborate designs that shaped the spiritual transformation of initiated novices under the guidance of a teaching Sufi master.

The lecture series will include three lectures, and a workshop, as follows:

Lecture I:
On Rupa: Form, Embodiment, and Technique in the Hindavi Sufi Romances
4-6pm on Friday, 14 November
in Room 116

Workshop:
On Reading Enigmatically
5-7pm on Thursday, 20 November
in Room 116

Lecture II:
Love's Alchemy: Rasa ke Prakara
4-6pm on Friday, 21 November
in Room 116

Lecture III:
On Reintegration: The Twelve Months of Separation
4-6pm on Friday, 28 November
in Room 116

All Welcome

Enquiries: Francesca Orsini, fo@soas.ac.uk or Jane Savory, js64@soas.ac.uk / 020 7898 4892

All are Welcome (events are free and open to the public). Booking is not required unless otherwise stated.
Centre of South Asian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG

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